Through the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, the most gold medals an athlete representing Canada has won in a single Olympics is 2 and has been done 14 times:
1) Percy Williams, athletics - men's 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash at the 1928 Summer Games in Amsterdam.
2) Gaétan Boucher, speed skating - men's 1000 meters and 1500 meters at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo.
3) Alex Baumann, swimming - men's 200 meter individual medley and 400 meter individual medley at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
4) Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming - women's solo and duet at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.
5) Marnie McBean, rowing - women's coxless pairs and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
6) Kathleen Heddle, rowing - women's coxless pairs and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
7) Kirsten Barnes, rowing - women's coxless fours and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
8) Brenda Taylor, rowing - women's coxless fours and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
9) Jessica Monroe, rowing - women's coxless fours and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
10) Kay Worthington, rowing - women's coxless fours and coxed eights at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
11) Myriam Bédard, biathlon - women's 7.5 km spring and 15 km at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer.
12) Donovan Bailey, athletics - men's 100 meter dash and 4x100 meter relay at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.
13) Marc Gagnon, short track speed skating - men's 500 meters and 5000 meter relay at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
14) Charles Hamelin, short track speed skating - men's 500 meters and 5000 meter relay at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
The most won by a single athlete is 8 - Mark Spitz of the USA. (Swimming)
No, Alvin Kraenzlein did that before Owens did.
Prior to the start of the 2012 games, the most total medals won by a single athlete is 18 by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latyninawho competed in 1956, 1960, and 1964.The most held by a male athlete is 16 by Michael Phelpsof the US, who has 14 gold and 2 bronze. The 14 gold (2004 and 2008) are also the most by any Olympic athlete. 10 of his medals are in individual events and 6 in team competition.The male athlete with the most individual medals is Soviet gymnast Nicolai Andrianov with 12 medals, including 6 gold, between 1972 and 1980.
Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin have both won 8 medals in a single Olympic game, the maximum.
Natalie Coughlin of the USA won a total of 5 medals in Beijing. 1 Gold, 2 Silver, and 3 bronze This was the most a women has every won in a single olympic games...
Gaétan Boucher, a Canadian legend, in my opinion :) He won 2 of his gold medals in a single olympics game (1984 I am 95% sure)
Before Michael Phelps won 14 gold medals, athletes with 9 gold medals include Larissa Latynina, Mark Spitz, Paavo Nurmi, and Carl Lewis.
last:zoggler first:? sport:Mens Single Luge
Michael Phelps.
34
US
Abhinav Bindra